- Impact (film)
Infobox Film | name = Impact
caption = Brian Donlevy with costarElla Raines in "Impact"
director =Arthur Lubin
producer = Leo C. Popkin
writer = Dorothy Davenport
Jay Dratler
starring =Brian Donlevy Ella Raines
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =United Artists
released =March 20 , 1949 (U.S. release)
runtime = 111 min
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0041503"Impact" is a
1949 film noir starringBrian Donlevy andElla Raines . It was filmed entirely inCalifornia and included scenes atSan Francisco 's Fisherman's Wharf. The film was based on a story by film noir writerJay Dratler .Plot
Millionaire industrialist Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) has a young wife (Helen Walker ) who is trying to kill him with the help of her young lover, Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett ). The plan falls apart when Williams survives a hit on the head from the would-be killer. When Torrance flees the scene, he dies in a head-on collision in William's car. At this point, it is believed that Williams was the driver.Meanwhile, the dazed Williams ends up in a small town in
Idaho , where he gets a job as aservice station mechanic and falls in love with Marsha (Ella Raines), the station owner. Meanwhile the police arrest Williams' wife for his "murder". When Marsha eventually persuades Walter to go back to clear his wife, he is charged with the murder of the lover, leaving Marsha and a kindly police detective (Charles Coburn ) scrambling to prove his innocence.Cast
This was Anna May Wong's first screen appearance since
1942 .Review
Gary W. Tooze, reviewer for www.dvdbeaver.com, praised the
B-movie : "As far as 'modest' Film Noirs go, this is one of the best. A simple plot idea is twisted to the max for late 1940's audiences." [cite web |url=http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews10/impact_.htm |title=Impact |last=Tooze |first=Gary W. |publisher=www.dvdbeaver.com]Quotes
:Walter Williams: In this world, you turn the other cheek, and you get hit with a lug wrench.
References
External links
*imdb title|id=0041503|title=Impact
* [http://www.archive.org/details/impact "Impact" at the Internet Archive]
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